The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-20
OBSERVATIONS
BY One Who Makes d Note of What
Eo SoCS

GC OCCS.
Editor Morning. Meas: Iobscrved that
the city has done very neat and much
needed piece of work on Broughton lano,
between Bull and Whitaker The old cobble
pavement has been torn up, the grade re
duced several inches and the lane repaved.
The Board Of Health must have been out
OF the city when this was done. That nui-
sance TO those who travel in vehicles the
switch on Whitaker street near Mr.. Gads-
denis residence, must remain until frost.
1t has Il purpose to serve, that VIC may be
made to ponder over the wisdom of organ
lied bodies, and their consistency.
The conundl1um is suggested: Which is
the safest to eXcavate, in an old grave yard
or on Whitaker and President9
Speaking of conundrunis, the hardest one
to answer that have heard lately is, when
viii the new jail be completed! which
naturally brings up the suggestion that the
county folks go slow on the new court
house until they get through with the new
jail.
This leads rue to observe that there ought
to be a sanitary inspector for the county.
There are lots of neutrality-suspicious. spots
near enough the city to do it great harm,
and doing great harm to the citizens of the
county that the five old gentlemen in the
county board know nothing of. In fact,
| think these five old gentlemen could
be lost anywhere out of sight Of the PreSby-
terian church steeple.
1t has often been observed that the city
and the county are the same. Does that
mean that the county and the city are the
sames
Speaking about Tybee and hot weather,
did you ever think how many people can't
afford to go there or anywhere else outside
of the cityf
Did you ever go through the lanes and
alleys of this city, though those sections
where the people live on narrow streets and
in small houSeS2 Have you observed the
little pinched faces and sunken ewes of chill
dren trying to draw nourishment from the
equally Impoverished systems of enfeebled
mothers! Or have you observed old age,
trembling with the weakness of years,
made longer by poverty, trying in vain to
get Whit of air filtered (but not purified
through rows OF tenementS not remarkable
for their cleanliness? Are there none who
feel enough for these to start a fresh air
fund for them?
As to the poor they have a hard time of
it. What is done for them is doled out
homeopathically-for fear they should get
above themselves by getting enough-one
time
The city keeps up an expensive establish
ment to furnish them with pure drugs-a
sort of competitive establishment, designed
as check upon the enormous profits of
drug stores; a sort of retribution visited
upon these drug princes who
are growing richer and richer
selling soda water and cologne.
This one dispensary to 5000 people has a
beneicent effect in that it compels these
lazy poor to walk from the Old Fort to get
some ipecac for the baby dying of the
Group. 1t also teaches the virtue of patience
by allowing the beneficiary to take her place
on the bench against the wall at the foot of
the class numbering twenty, and wait her
turn, while the baby chol1eS to death What
does this cost the city! Will some other
observer calculate it or suggest a better
plan! If suggested will somebody advocate
it in the caucus! OBSERVER.